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With the broad implementation of 360-degree feedback instruments over the past two decades, many large organizations are sitting on reams of data that hold critical clues to identifying and developing their best performing employees. But the vast maj... More...

Application development is a core activity in most IT departments. The role of IT staff in this area is to plan, coordinate, supervise, and support all activities related to design, development, and implementation of organizational information system... More...

SHRM reports that more than 85 percent of large companies and a rapidly growing number of smaller employers perform some form of background screening today. Traditionally, however, background screening practice has been somewhat fragmented, often inc... More...

In just a few short months news stories shifted from "if there's a recession" to "when there's a recession". Given the events in the US housing and credit markets and the global financial markets, it is pretty clear that we are headed for the dreaded... More...

Team Ferrari does more than race; it also teaches.One of the challenging tasks that surgeons face is the patient handoff, that is, transferring a patient from the OR to a hospital room. Research shows that such transfers account for a high percentage... More...

Many Human Resources professionals have tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to convince their boss or other members of Executive Management of the benefits of Employee Opinion Surveys. Perhaps the last time you tried, you heard one of these four objection... More...

Employee opinion surveys, employee satisfaction surveys, employee engagement surveys, culture surveys& Given the multitude of surveys we are exposed to today, which instrument is most appropriate for your organization? To most people, these instrumen... More...

Senior-level executives are the most satisfied with their companies’ innovation in products and technology, while professional employees – such as engineers and programmers – are the least satisfied, according to a study by Sirota S... More...

In today´s price conscious business environments, justifying added business expenses and weighing the ROI, or expected return on investment, is very often a critical consideration. And with HR frequently being perceived as a cost center versus ... More...

Read Part 1 here. "Nothing requires a rarer intellectual heroism than the willingness to see one's equation written out." - George Santayana, American philosopher, poet, and novelist Get teams to develop their own measures. Make sure ... More...

"Nothing requires a rarer intellectual heroism than the willingness to see one's equation written out." - George Santayana, American philosopher, poet, and novelist Far too many measures are designed to meet internal needs. They may sati... More...

The amount of information that enterprises create and store is growing at an alarming rate. In order to derive business value from this data and gain competitive advantage, decision makers must aggressively manage enterprise information and develop p... More...

Every company faces employee turnover at some point. Turnover is costly, yet unavoidable. This paper provides insight on how any Human Resources department can leverage technology to proactively manage employee retention while decreasing ... More...

It s nearly summer, and college graduates are sobering up to the realities of the work world while employers scramble to capture the best of the freshly minted workforce. With the economy humming along, some firms are finding the market for brand new... More...

Matthew Brush is the Director for Human Resources, Human Capital Planning at Corning Incorporated. Matthew has been helping to shape Corning's Human Capital Planning Processes 2001 and he assumed leadership of those efforts in October 2003.&nbs... More...

Breaking the word "Measure" up, we get Me - a - Sure... so maybe that was the actual meaning behind the word, but whatever may be the true origin doesn´t matter. Many articles, business reviews and the like deal with the question of resea... More...

When examining the results of your survey, you may be asked about how your results compare with those of other organizations. Some consulting firms and survey vendors provide benchmarks. But before making the decision to examine these external points... More...

Mark Brown speaks on Measuring Performance: Click here to access this unique opportunity to hear Mark speak about why measuring the right thing is critical to driving the behavior or your organization. (Make sure sound is turned on for your com... More...

Executives surveyed by Veritude are optimistic about the economy in 2006, but they´re not especially confident about having the time and energy they´ll need to accomplish priorities within their organizations. Also, as headlines about com... More...

Almost anyone can pull together a web-based survey using free or almost free survey tools available on the Internet. In fact, these do-it-yourself tools can help you save money and time by making use of resources already developed by professionals. ... More...

HR professionals working to be viewed as a strategic corporate resource, and not a transactional outpost, can help their cause - if they align themselves with the right group of colleagues: the Workplace Populists. Our survey reveals that there ar... More...

"It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water" - Franklin P. Jones All too often well-meaning individuals use historical language in a modern way that obscures its original meaning. This is unfortuna... More...

The topic of conducting audits creates fear in most departments and in most companies. Our education and experience with auditing within companies has its genesis in the age-old financial audits, which are routine in all public companies. The S... More...

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Metrics to Measure Your IT Application Development Staff

Benchmark Study Reveals Background Screening Trends

Recession Proof Your Business with Employee and Customer Feedback

Beyond Benchmarking

How to Sell an Employee Opinion Survey to Your Boss

Employee Opinion Surveys, Satisfaction Surveys, Engagement Surveys... What's the Difference?

Senior Execs Most Satisfied, Professional Employees Least Satisfied, With Companies’ Innovation

How HR Can Validate Proposed Solutions and Address the Needs of Its Business by Exposing the True ROI

Organizational Measurement and Feedback Pathways and Pitfalls (Part 2)

Organizational Measurement and Feedback Pathways and Pitfalls

Info Management Key in a Knowledge Economy

Predictive Analysis For Retention Management

Internships Build Workforce Quality

Reality HR: Interview with Matthew Brush on Strategic Human Planning

To Measure or not to Measure

To Benchmark or Not To Benchmark? A Benchmark Tutorial

Measuring the Right Things

2006: Economy Up, Ethics Programs Down

Self Service Web Surveys, A Do-It-Yourself Guide

In the Strategic HR Arena: The Workplace Populists versus the Warriors

What Defines an Organization as a Learning Benchmark?

People Practices Auditing

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